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Cannot lift my leg after hip replacement

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Aug 18 10:06pm | Replies (25)

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My R hip was 8/1/23. For about the first 7 weeks it seemed wonderful, minimal pain and then just gradually got worse. PT did deep tissue massage and trigger point to, I think it was ileopsoas muscle and worked on the pirifirmis with different stretches. That allowed me to be able to do some high knee type marches but my R leg would come in and PT worked with me to do the high knee lift and keeping the femur perpendicular to hip and eventually, I could stop it from rotating. Now, i can walk better but if I want to try and ride a bike, i have to practically lay bike down to get leg over…which is how it was prior to having hip replaced. I know for me it was almost 2 yrs exactly for pain to be gone on my L hip which was replaced 8/7/21, and I can still do some things that make it hurt….like gardening and digging a hole with a shovel, pushing/pulling an object. Guess, the expectation for the pain to be gone is a poor expectation?? Or maybe being a farm lady is too much to continue after a hip, but keeping my mobility is why I wanted a hip—never an easy decision and never a guarantee. Hope you can regain/improve your mobility maybe with PT.
Best of luck to you-keep us posted

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Replies to "My R hip was 8/1/23. For about the first 7 weeks it seemed wonderful, minimal pain..."

Oh my, this is exactly a description of my experience - after my second round of hip replacements 12 years ago " I know for me it was almost 2 yrs exactly for pain to be gone on my L hip which was replaced 8/7/21, and I can still do some things that make it hurt….like gardening and digging a hole with a shovel, pushing/pulling an object."
All of a sudden, one day almost 4 years later, it occurred to me that I was able to dig - maybe not post holes, but definitely removing large plants and even some shrubs, without thinking about it. And I could pull the big hauling wagon across uneven surfaces...

Now I am a decade older, my arthritis is worse almost everywhere, I can't lift hay bales or 50 pound sacks of salt anymore, but my hips are good as new - some days the only body parts that don't hurt.